Low signal with TL-WDN4800
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Low signal with TL-WDN4800
Region : Greece
Model : TL-WDN4800
Hardware Version : V1
Firmware Version :
ISP :
Hello. I recently got a new desktop, and included the tl-wdn4800. For some reason though, its signal is really low. It gets 1 to 3 lines (usually 2), while even my ancient laptop with a lousy cheap and old netgear usb adaptor is at 4-5 lines (my other laptop wich has an internal adaptor is consistantly at 5 lines).
Updating the drivers from the cd of course did not help, so I looked around, saw that people in this forum suggest the Atheros driver 10.0.0.263, so I tried that too, and... nothing. It goes to 4 lines for maybe 5 minutes after the installation of the atheros drivers, and then back to where it started.
I'm really not that far away from my router, it's in the next room, maybe 5 meters and one wall away? Besides two laptops get a really good signal from the same room and their adaptors are weaker and older. It makes no sense, please advise.
I'm using Windows 7 64 bit, if it makes any difference.
(Btw: I do not expect to be getting the maximum of speed advertised, as my router doesn't support it anyway. I'm just baffled that the signal is so low in comparison to older, cheaper, weaker adaptors)
Model : TL-WDN4800
Hardware Version : V1
Firmware Version :
ISP :
Hello. I recently got a new desktop, and included the tl-wdn4800. For some reason though, its signal is really low. It gets 1 to 3 lines (usually 2), while even my ancient laptop with a lousy cheap and old netgear usb adaptor is at 4-5 lines (my other laptop wich has an internal adaptor is consistantly at 5 lines).
Updating the drivers from the cd of course did not help, so I looked around, saw that people in this forum suggest the Atheros driver 10.0.0.263, so I tried that too, and... nothing. It goes to 4 lines for maybe 5 minutes after the installation of the atheros drivers, and then back to where it started.
I'm really not that far away from my router, it's in the next room, maybe 5 meters and one wall away? Besides two laptops get a really good signal from the same room and their adaptors are weaker and older. It makes no sense, please advise.
I'm using Windows 7 64 bit, if it makes any difference.
(Btw: I do not expect to be getting the maximum of speed advertised, as my router doesn't support it anyway. I'm just baffled that the signal is so low in comparison to older, cheaper, weaker adaptors)
